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The Enlightenment was a time of fundamental change in the world of books. As early as 1760-1770, a “second revolution of the book” occured, strongly linked to political and industrial revolutions. This pivotal era has long been scrutinized by...

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The Enlightenment was a time of fundamental change in the world of books. As early as 1760-1770, a “second revolution of the book” occured, strongly linked to political and industrial revolutions. This pivotal era has long been scrutinized by historians, but there had not been until now a systematic study of what Henri-Jean Martin termed “the small world of books” that involved printers, binders, booksellers, pedlars… The present volume concentrates on Northern France.

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The Enlightenment was a time of fundamental change in the world of books. As early as 1760-1770, a “second revolution of the book” occured, strongly linked to political and industrial revolutions. This pivotal era has long been scrutinized by...